長ちょう歌か

noun

chōka; traditional Japanese long poem

A classical Japanese poetic form consisting of alternating five- and seven-mora lines, repeated at least three times, and usually ending with a seven-mora line. Often contrasted with 短歌 (tanka).

See also: 短歌

• 万まん葉よう集しゅうには多おおくの長ちょう歌かが収おさめられている。

  The Man'yōshū contains many chōka.

noun

nagauta; long epic song with shamisen

Only with reading ながうた

A genre of shamisen music that developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century, featuring extended narrative songs. Read ながうた; not to be confused with the classical poetic form 長歌 (ちょうか).

See also: 長唄

• 彼かの女じょは長なが唄うたではなく長なが歌うたを習ならっている。

  She is learning nagauta, not nagauta (the shamisen genre).